Goldfeder: How I'd play Del Mar for Friday, July 31
Goldfeder: How I'd play Del Mar for Friday, July 31
Goldfeder: How I'd play Del Mar for Friday, July 31

Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 8/1 card at The Meadowlands.
Jason Boulet, the racing secretary at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots, has been promoted to senior director of racing and will oversee all aspects of Fair Grounds’s racing operations, the track announced Thursday.

Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 8/1 card at Yonkers Raceway.

Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 8/1 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Jockey Manny Franco, involved in a frightening-looking spill here on Wednesday, will be off his mounts until next Wednesday

Wicked Strong, last year’s Jim Dandy winner, worked five furlongs in 1:00.19 over Saratoga’s main track Thursday morning in preparation for a start in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Whitney Stakes on Aug. 8.

Judy the Beauty, last year’s champion female sprinter, left Saratoga early Thursday morning and headed back to Keeneland where she will prepare for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, to be run Oct. 31.

Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 8/1 card at Balmoral Park.

R Dub has established himself as a 2-year-old of note at the current Arapahoe Park meet. He won his maiden by more than 10 lengths in June and rolled to a stakes win in July. R Dub will be favored to add to his reputation Saturday in the $35,000 colts and geldings division of the Silver Cup Futurity. He will be chasing his third straight win in the 5 1/2-furlong sprint that shares a card with the $35,000 fillies division of the Silver Cup Futurity.